Every year I wait until the last minute to figure out my costume because I want something unique. I like making my costume (or at least adding my own personal touches to it) and although I want it to compliment the fact that I’m a girl, I don’t want it to be TOO revealing or risque. … Read more
The Radical Robot Costume. This costume won first place in every costume contest my nephew entered. I’m pretty excited about that. loll. Anyway, finding the right size boxes to fit a 4 year boy old was the tricky part, but I did it! Lol. Other than that, this was a pretty easy costume to make. … Read more
I always make our costumes! These are actually costumes I made for my family in 2010. Had to start the aliens (my 2 boys) back in August. It took a whole lot of work and patience. Paper mache, window screen for the eyes, lots and lots of spray paint, graduation gowns and some green latex … Read more
The chest-buster shirt is just a t-shirt with the chest-buster sewn in. The Ripley outfit is baggy green/avocado pants found on eBay, a plain white shirt, suspenders strapped to a belt around the upper torso, Reebok shoes, and of course, the “M41-A pulse rifle” with a shoulder strap (men’s fabric belt) wrapped around it. Everyone … Read more
Here is one you rarely ever see for Star Wars costumes. It is the Bespin outfit worn by Leia in the cloud city. You can use a generic red pair of pants and red long sleeve shirt. The jacket is what really makes this homemade Leia Star Wars costume. I started with the collar. To … Read more
The only things we didn’t make for these costumes were the metallic leggings (which we got off Amazon for like $10) and the glasses (which we found at a Halloween store). Everything else was scrap clothing that we either spray painted gold or drew on with sharpie to get the pattern. Great best friend costume!
I’m not into the Steampunk trend or a follower by any means, but I had a Halloween party to attend and when I have the opportunity or challenge to dress up I love to go all out. I had seen a few pictures and movies that had introduced me to the Steampunk style and I … Read more
I originally wanted to do Han Solo and the Slave Princess Leia with my dog being Princess Leia in a little gold bikini. This was going to be for a Halloween party at my home. But then we decided to go out instead so I had to scrap the princess puppy. I found the white … Read more
I love coming up with unique, handmade costume ideas, and they’re almost always inspired by movies. Last spring, I saw a cheap 50’s style model car at a drugstore and was inspired to make this “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman” costume. Usually when assembling costumes I go for complete accuracy, but I thought it would be … Read more
I’ve always been a huge fan of technology! I’ve always been good with wires (I have thousands of random wires I’ve collected throughout the years). My other talents consists of soldering, modifying components, computers, and game systems, operating systems etc. Star Trek The Next Generation movie series had a race of cybernetic organisms call Borg. … Read more
For this Avatars costume my friends and I found Lady Gaga jumpsuits at Walmart and tore off all the extra pieces that didn’t go with our Avatar vision. We had bought blue body paint to apply, but it didn’t look right at all so, in a panic, we ended up using some acrylic paint that … Read more
I love everything about Avatar, and think they are so strong and beautiful. When I told my friends that I was gonna be one, they didn’t think I could pull it off. So I decided to show them! I took inspiration from those in the movie, and created my own Avatar character, with her own … Read more